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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-13 14:12:31 +0000
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mdoc(7) police: laundry.
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+++ b/share/man/man4/snp.4
@@ -16,33 +16,45 @@
.Ft int
.Fn ioctl fd FIONREAD &result
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-/dev/snp? are snoop devices which allow users to attach to any tty
+.Pa /dev/snp?
+are snoop devices which allow users to attach to any tty
and watch activities on it.
The kernel must be compiled with
.Cd "device snp" ,
or the
.Nm
-device must be loaded,
+module must be loaded,
for these devices to be available.
.Pp
To associate a given
.Nm
device with a tty to be observed, open the
.Nm
-device and then use the SNPSTTY ioctl.
-The argument passed to the ioctl is the address of a variable of type
-dev_t.
-To detach the snp device from a tty use a pointer to a value of (dev_t)-1.
+device and then use the
+.Dv SNPSTTY
+ioctl.
+The argument passed to the
+.Xr ioctl 2
+is the address of a variable of type
+.Vt dev_t .
+To detach the
+.Nm
+device from a tty use a pointer to a value of
+.Po Vt dev_t Pc Ns \-1 .
.Pp
-The SNPGTTY ioctl returns information about the current tty attached to
+The
+.Dv SNPGTTY
+ioctl returns information about the current tty attached to
the open
.Nm
device.
.Pp
-The FIONREAD ioctl returns a positive value equal to the number of characters
+The
+.Dv FIONREAD
+ioctl returns a positive value equal to the number of characters
in a read buffer.
Special values defined are:
-.Bl -tag -width SNP_TTYCLOSE
+.Bl -tag -width ".Dv SNP_TTYCLOSE"
.It Dv SNP_OFLOW
device overflow occurred, device detached.
.It Dv SNP_TTYCLOSE
@@ -61,7 +73,7 @@ and detached.
Caveat emptor!
This manual page is horribly stale and wildly inaccurate in some places.
.Pp
-While in line mode, user input can't be seen.
+While in line mode, user input cannot be seen.
No signals may be sent to the observed tty.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Ugen J.S. Antsilevich Aq ugen@NetVision.net.il
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